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Generous people and their dreams

Hampton Roads Community Foundation has a charitable fund for virtually every type of long-term giving. Since 1950 generous individuals, families, organizations and businesses have established a remarkable tradition of caring in our region. Click on the various categories below to see the different funds created by Hampton Roads philanthropists from all walks of life and all the causes chosen by donors.

Designated funds support one or more nonprofits forever. Organizations you select will forever receive annual grants in your name or the name you choose for your fund. Should the organization you name ever cease to exist, foundation staff and board members will find the closest use to benefit from your generosity.

Funds are listed in alphabetical order by the fundholder’s last name, with the year established.

ACCESS Education Challenge, 1999for ACCESS College Foundation for “last dollar” scholarship awards to students from Virginia Beach public high schools

Access 20th Anniversary, 2007for ACCESS College Foundation for scholarships to students from Chesapeake, Suffolk and Virginia Beach public high schools

Virginia Cooke Glennan, 2012for Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay, the Boys’ Home in Covington and the Jackson-Feild Homes in Jarratt

Green Family Memorial, 1990for Westville Disciples (Christian) Church in Mathews

Hampton Roads Committee of 200+ Men George C. Crawley Scholarship, 2014for the 200+ Men Foundation so it can provide scholarships for Hampton Roads students
Hampton Roads Committee of 200+ Men, 2014for the 200+ Men Foundation

Harold L. and Brooke Neilson Lowry Memorial, 1959for the Boys’ Home in Covington

Mary Ludlow Home, 2011to provide grants to ForKids Inc.

George H. Marin, 2016for Bishop Sullivan Catholic high School, Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore, Niagara Catholic high School, Salvation Army -- Hampton Roads Area Command, Star of the Sea Catholic School and St. John the Apostle Catholic School

Sergeant Memorial, 1988for First Presbyterian Church in Staunton, First Presbyterian Church in Norfolk, Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Norfolk Academy, and the Arts and Culture Community Fund of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation

Donor-advised funds let you recommend grants to organizations you care about, which can change from year to year. We have four types of donor-advised funds for you to consider. And, you can name successor advisors to remain actively involved after your lifetime.

Funds are listed in alphabetical order by the fundholder’s last name, with the year established.

Winifred Maddock Baldwin Charitable, 1998

Linda D. and John I. Barney Family Fund, 2016

Michael J. Barrett Fund, 2017

Batten Educational Achievement, 2003

Bellamy Martin, 2003

The Jennet Bernert Helping Hands Charitable, 2000

Carter Grandy Bernert, 2015

R.G. "Pete" & Christine C. "Tina" Bosher Family Funds, 2016

Bradley Family, 2008

Broadfoot/Ambler, 2015

Sarah K. Brokaw, 1998

Ned and Patsy Caton, 2005

CG2 Fund, 2005

The Checkered Flag, 2000

Cherrystone Fund, * 2010

Ted Clarkson, 2006

Community Leadership Partners, 2009

Mary Rawls Cooke Horticultural, 2012

The Cooke Fund, 2012

Mary Rawls Cooke Berkeley and Richard D. Cooke Jr., 2014

James W. and Denyce K. Corzatt, 2008

Kitty and Tim Croke, * 2014

Homer Cunningham Fund for Meals on Wheels, 1996

Kim and Keith Curtis, 2005

Jane S. Curtis, 2012

Joshua and Elizabeth Darden, 2001

The Davis Family, 2014

E. J. Dempsey, 2005

R. & C. Dickerson Family, 2012

Friedrich Ludwig Diehn, 1987

Dollar Tree Stores, 1997

Dr. Luke’s Trust, 1991

Fain Family, 2002

Fine Family, 1988

Future Leadership Partners, 1998

Gettier Family, 2006

Lee A. and Helen Gifford, 1994

John & Susan Gill Family, 2006

William A. Gooch Conservation, 2005

Lewis B. Goode Foundation, 2002

Alice Cooper Goodman Fund, 2016

Beverly Goodman Fund, 2017

David Goodman Fund, 2017

Martha and Rob Goodman Family Donor Advised, 2005

Goodman Family Donor Advised, 1988

The Genny Hayes Donor Advised, 2015

Rebekah L. Huber Family Charitable, 2007

Jain Family, 2014

Julia & Rebecca Memorial Garden, 2002

E. Polk Kellam Foundation Funds, 2016*

Floyd E. Kellam Jr. Family, 2000

Kirkland Molloy Kelley, 2015

Kirkland-Harris, Suitt, 2008

The Landsberger Family, * 2015

Maureen and Augustine H. Lawrence III, * 2013

Nancy Bush Lawson Memorial, 1999

Robert A. Lawson, Jr. Family, 2005

Edward and Ruth Legum Family, 2015

Lewis Family, 2008

Sean A. Lovas Memorial, 2008

Senator L. Louise Lucas Legacy, 2015

Malbon Family, 1998

Carl W. Mangum Jr. and Marguerite S. Mangum Funds, 1995

Glenn B. and Reba S. McClanan, 2004

Joanne and Jim McClellan, 2008

Harry E. and Martha Lee McCoy, 2010

McKinnon Fund, 2004

E.A and George N. McMath Edgewater, * 2007

Meachum Education, 1996

The Mermaid, 2015

Milton-Mountjoy, 2007

Sis Nash Memorial, 1992

The Neikirk Family, 2015

Nightingale Fund, 2004

Alan and Susan Nordlinger Family, 2002

Nancy N. Nusbaum and V.H. Nusbaum Jr. Donor Advised Fund, 2011

Robert Nusbaum and Linda Laibstain, 2014

Marianne Olivieri Memorial Fund for the Performing Arts, 2007

Richard and Maureen Olivieri Family, 2006

Alison J. and Ella W. Parsons, 2005

Dal Paull Endowment, 2005

Charles E. and Starr D. Plimpton Donor Advised, 2001

Allen and Ann Richter, 2012

Robin A. Rinaca and Nicholas J. Covatta Jr., * 2006

Bill Rosenow Memorial, 2002

William F. Rountree Jr., 2011

Louis F. and Prudence H. Ryan, 2008

Slone Family Donor Advised, 2007

Louis Snyder Foundation, 2002

Special Fund #4, 2000

Special Fund #5, 2003

Special Fund #6, 2008

Special Fund #7, 2008

B. M. Stanton Foundation, 1989

Debbi and Jim Steiger Family, 2006

Kay and Ronald Stine Family, 2012

David B. and Suzanne VK. Tankard, * 2005

Lisa and David Tankard Jr., * 2007

Tonya T. and Samuel V. Tankard, * 2007

Richard and Joie Tankard Conservation, * 2008

Bob & Marion Taylor Family, 2013

Torrech Family, 2004

Mabel Burroughs Tyler, 2007

George W. and Nancy S. Vakos, 2002

Christiane and James Valone Charitable, 2010

Fund for Veterans, 2015

Virginia Eye Foundation Donor-Advised, 2015

Bradley J. Waitzer, 1998

Mr. and Mrs. Guilford Dudley Ware Charitable, 1997

John Wareing Memorial, 2000

Senator John W. Warner and Mrs. John Warner Donor-advised Fund, 2016

Violet S. Whitson Memorial Donor Advised, 2005

Leah S. Wohl Musical Arts, 2013

Dona Wood Family, 2002

Wynne Family, 2008

Lynn G. Zoll Fund, 2017

* Part of the Eastern Shore of Virginia Community Foundation family of funds.

Field-of-Interest funds work well when you are passionate about a cause, like improving education, supporting the arts or ending hunger. You direct the community foundation to choose recipients in our region working in the areas you name. That is done through a competitive grant process.

Funds are listed in alphabetical order by the fundholder’s last name, with the year established.

Ashinoff Family Fund for the Arts, 2004to benefit the arts

Jeanne Atkinson, 2011to benefit early childhood education

Benjamin R. Brown, 1985for research in mental illness and for those suffering from it

Scholarship funds help students who lack the means pay for college tuition and expenses. Each fund's donor defined the criteria by which a student would be selected. In 2016-2017, more than 70 scholarship funds paid more than $1.2 million to send 417 students to colleges in Virginia an throughout the country.

Funds are listed in alphabetical order by the last name of the person or family who created, with the year established.

AAA J. Theron "Tim" Timmons Memorial Scholarship, 2016for graduating high school seniors whose families are AAA members living in one of 30 Virginia cities and counties served by the regional AAA branch

Helen Murphy Addington Scholarship, 1986for female graduates of Maury High School in Norfolk

J. Robert and Ettie Fearing Cunningham Memorial Scholarship, 1992for students from Hampton Roads with a preference for those from Norfolk and those planning to make education their careers
Friends of Joshua P. Darden Jr. Scholarship, 2009for students attending public high schools in South Hampton Roads who are in need of financial aid for post-secondary education at a college or university

Hunter Davis Memorial Scholarship, 1979for former Thalia Elementary School students who are graduates of Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach

Dean-Callahan Scholarship, 2015for Norfolk Public School seniors who participate in school athletics

R. Franklin and Arbee R. Edwards Scholarship, 1999for students from Isle of Wight County

Nicholas J. Georges Memorial, 1974for Old Dominion University students of Greek heritage

Harry Bramhall Gilbert Merit Scholarship, 2004for Chesapeake Public School graduates attending The College of William & Mary, James Madison University, the University of Virginia or Virginia Tech

Melvin R. Green Scholarship, 2014for students from South Hampton Roads attending a four-year college or university with a preference for students studying accounting at Old Dominion University

Jennifer Mooney Greene Scholarship, 2013for Virginia Beach City Public Schools students with a preference for students from Green Run High School or Green Run Collegiate who are in the Achievement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program

Everette H. and Edith P. Griffin Memorial Scholarship, 2002for students from western Tidewater or deaf and blind students from South Hampton Roads with a preference for students from Isle of Wight County

Hampton Roads Association of Social Workers Scholarship, 1959for graduate students in social work

Joseph E. Harry and Bertha White Harry, 1990for students at Old Dominion University or Virginia Wesleyan College in Norfolk

Diane Reilly Hartzog Memorial Scholarship, 2013for South Hampton Roads students with an interest in library science or English

Tommy Horvatic Memorial Scholarship, 2013for students from Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach who may not be at the top of the class but have good character and are active in the community and community service

John W. and Linda Vakos Scholarship, 2014for students from Virginia Beach

Gertrude Ward Scholarship, 2014for students from Virginia Beach with a preference for graduates of Princess Anne High School and those majoring in English
Weisberg and Clark Scholarship, 2010for students from South Hampton Roads

Captain Rexford Vinal Wheeler Jr., U.S.N., 1988for students attending Old Dominion University with a preference for students from Norfolk

Paul and Athena Yeonas Memorial, 1997for students of Greek heritage or students at Old Dominion University

Unrestricted funds give Hampton Roads Community Foundation flexibility to address issues in southeastern Virginia…today and in the future. Grants from these funds are awarded through a competitive process to a plethora of area nonprofits to help them do their best work.

Funds are listed in alphabetical order by the fundholder’s last name, with the year established.

Leon H. Ackerman, 1976

Anne B. Addington, 2004

Argyle Fund, 1998

Margaret B. Atkinson, 1971

Byron Babcock, 2009

Isaac M. Baker Jr. and Sarah Lee Baker Memorial, 1995

BAL Group, 1988

Chad Ballard, 2006 *

E. C. Barnhardt III Memorial, 2005

Frank Batten, 1988

Beskin & Assoc., 1988

Mary L. B. Birdsong, 1971

Barron F. Black Article VIII, 1976

Munro Black, 1959

Edward J. Brickhouse, 1979

Macon & Joan Brock, 1992

Virginia P. and Charles F. Burroughs Jr. Memorial, 2008

June Page Camp, 1999

Margaret G. and William T. Campbell, 1991

Chesapeake Bay Wine Classic Foundation, 1997

Richard S. Cohoon Memorial, 1978

Community Fund, 2003

Croshaw, Seigal et al, 1989

Colgate and Constance Darden Memorial, 1980

Joshua P. and Elizabeth D. Darden, 2014

Leroy W. Davis Memorial, 1993

Daisy K. and William P. Dickson Jr. Memorial, 2004

Ralph B. Douglass, 1973

Walter A. Edwards, Jr., 1992

Ellen W. & Douglas D. Ellis Sr., 2003

The Family Channel, 1990

Lynne & Paul Farrell, 1992

Alan and Ester Fleder Foundation , 1991

Barbara H. Fleming, 1987

Furman Family, 1990

General Unrestricted Fund, 1988

Gornto Fund, 1988

Albert H. Grandy Memorial, 1988

Eva K. Grant, 2008

John Stanley Gregory Memorial Fund, 1994

Evelyn D. Grones, 1990

Isla Vance Grover, 1980

William B. Grover, 1980

Hall Auto Mall, 1988

J. Burton Harrison Jr., 1988

W. Wright Harrison Memorial, 2001

The Howard Association, 1987

Johns Brothers, 1989

Samuel G. Jones Jr., 2004

Edwin C. Kellam, 1988

Landmark Design Group, 1990

The Edmund A. “Ned” Langhorne Memorial, 2008

Angelica D. Light, 2012

S. E. Liles Jr., 1988

Joseph Lust, 1994

Ethel and Linford Mason, 2009

Francis & Jean McCoy, 1989

Gary D. McMahan, 1991

H. P. McNeal, 2005

McPhillips, Roberts & Deans, 1990

Meadville Fund, 2005 *

Alva W. Mercer, 1972

Perry and Bunny Morgan, 1999

C. Whitley Musick, 1989

Nandua Fund, 2008 *

Napolitano Family, 1989

V. H. Nusbaum Jr., 1988

Jean C. Old, 2010

Pat and Dan, 1991

PNC Bank, 2006 *

C. J. Prettyman Sr., 2008 *

RBC Centura, 1991

Irene D. Redwood, 1977

Langford W. Redwood, 1962

Clarence B. Robertson, 1968

Lelia E. Robertson, 1980

Walter H. Robertson, 1973

The Runnymede Corporation, 1988

Philip & Mary Russo, 1997

Henry & Phyllis Shook, 1991

Hattie G. Slaughter, 1964

Mrs. C. Gordon Smith Jr., 1990

Special Fund #1, 1997

Special Fund #3, 1984

James A. Squires and Karen Jones Squires Fund, 2016

Dorothy Redwood Cooke Sutherland, 2004

Charles Syer, 1996

The Trinder Fund, 1993

Donald J. Trufant Memorial, 2015 *

Helen W. Tucker Memorial, 2005

Goldsborough S. and Katherine P. Tyler Memorial, 1999

Mabel B. Tyler, 1987

Virginia Investment Counselors Charitable, 1997

I. T. Walke Jr. Unrestricted, 1978

Eugene Walters Foundation, 1992

William P. Woodley, 1990

Tom and Page Young, 2007 *

* Part of the Eastern Shore of Virginia Community Foundation family of funds